Accident Handley Page Hampden Mk I AD748,
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Date:Friday 4 April 1941
Time:02:00
Type:Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:83 Sqn RAF
Registration: AD748
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Hangingstone Hill, Dartmoor, Devon, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:RAF Scampton
Narrative:
Hampden AD748: Took off 18:45hrs 3 Mar 1941 from Scampton to lay mines off la Rochelle (Cinnamon Region).
On return crashed 02:00hrs 4 April 1941 into high ground at Hangingstone Hill on Dartmoor.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Reginald Perronet Campbel Thompson RAFVR 74343 (NCO:754295 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 October, 1939) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Leslie Richard Evans RAF 42702 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 October, 1939) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Leslie Ralph Eden RAFVR 906009 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alan Mitchel Murray RAFVR 970316 [Killed]

Sources:

http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AD748
KEW: AIR81/5691
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Aug-2023 11:46 temptage Added
05-Feb-2024 10:59 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
03-Apr-2024 06:36 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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